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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Werner Schmidt-Hammer

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)First Battle of KharkovSecond Battle of KharkovCase BlueBattle of KurskBelgorod-Khar'kov Offensive OperationBattle of Kiev (1943)Hube's PocketBattle of the Dukla PassUpper Silesian OffensivePrague Offensive

Died
  
January 4, 1962, Landau, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
168e division d'infanterie, 72e corps d'armee

Werner Schmidt-Hammer (26 September 1894 – 4 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Schmidt-Hammer surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Prague Offensive in May 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 168. Infanterie-Division

    • References

    Werner Schmidt-Hammer Wikipedia
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